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Angsty McGothsalot ([info]angstymcgoth) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-06-17 22:38:00


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Don't call me Liz, BITCH.
Possible [info]political_wank? I'm posting it here, since the "politics" are largely incidental. So-and-so asks Jim McDermott's secretary for an audience, and addresses her poorly ('Liz' rather than 'Elizabeth'). HOLY SHIT, you did not just go there!

A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with “Hi Liz.”

Becton curtly replied, “Who is Liz?”

When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. “I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?” she asked.

The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had “offended” Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.


Please, please check out the email exchange hosted on Politico.


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[info]catslash
2009-06-18 08:25 pm UTC (link)
Odd. I've always had every teacher ask what I prefer, I say, "I go by Cathryn," and that's the end of it. I was called Cathy once in a debate club, but that was for simplicity's sake - there was a Katherine (or however she spelled it) and she was older, so I got the nickname. That I didn't mind.

. . . I did have a teacher spend half the school year calling me Carolyn, but that wasn't on purpose. XD I think the spelling confused him.

Aaaand yeah. People who can spell my name are the exception. Isn't it amazing, how people can misspell something you have just spelled out to them, or even better, something they routinely see on PAPERWORK?

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